The Amazon's most famous Indigenous leader called upon Brazil's president on Friday to defend the rights of Indigenous people. Chief Raoni Metuktire demanded that 'invaders' be removed from their territories and that the government stop negotiations on...
The manifest was handed over to the minister of the Indigenous peoples, Sonia Guajajara, at an event attended by 1,000 members of different ethnic groups in the town of Sao Jose do Xingu in the state of Mato Grosso.
in May signed legislation paving the way for a market to trade carbon credits - generated by reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, and which may be purchased to comply with eventual limits on emissions. Lula’s administration is reportedly drafting regulation for the carbon market’s operation and plans to present it in the coming months.
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